Donald Paul Frush, Jenia Vassileva, Marco Brambilla, Mahadevappa Mahesh, Madan Rehani, Ehsan Samei, Kimberly Applegate, John Bourland, Olivera Ciraj-Bjenlac, Danielle Dahlstrom, Vesna Gershan, Paddy Gilligan, Barbara Godthelp, Hakon Hjemly, Franz Kainberger, Miriam Mikhail-Lette, Ola Holmberg, Diana Paez, Suz Schrandt, Andreas Valentin, Tahera Van Deventer, Richard Wakeford
Medical imaging is both valuable and essential in the care of patients. Much of this imaging depends on ionizing radiation with attendant responsibilities for judicious use when performing an examination. This responsibility applies in settings of both individual as well as multiple (recurrent) imaging with associated repeated radiation exposures. In addressing the roles and responsibilities of the medical communities in the paradigm of recurrent imaging, both the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) have issued position statements, each affirmed by other organizations...
April 9, 2024: European Radiology